9 St John Street are delighted to announce that Catherine Cundy has been appointed as a Fee Paid Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) and will sit in the Mental Health Tribunal.

Welcome to the fifth in our series of weekly bulletins. We are all doing our best to find new ways of working effectively in these strange times.

Matthew Snarr considers the implications of Covid-19 for the assessment of damages in personal injury litigation in a new article ‘Stargazing Covid-19’.

This is our fourth weekly bulletin. We appreciate the difficulties our clients and colleagues face during this difficult period. You can be assured that we strive to maintain our high standards of service.

9 St John Street Criminal Barrister, Nigel Booth explores the latest changes to the Coronavirus regulations.

Catherine considers the case of Lee, R (On the Application of) v HM Assistant Coroner for the City of Sunderland, [2019] EWHC 3227 (Admin) in the context of Article 2 and its application to healthcare cases.

Jennie Ferrario considers the law regarding whether employees can be dismissed for refusing to go to work because they consider it to be unsafe.

Who would have thought that being allowed out for half an hour a day would have become so precious?

This is our third weekly bulletin. We appreciate the difficulties our clients and colleagues face during this difficult period. You can be assured that we strive to maintain our high standards of service.

Hayley Bennett summarises the case of Christopher Manning which recognised the conditions in which courts might consider the current Covid-19 health crisis as a factor which might impact on sentence.